>
>From: Holly Faith Nelson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: CFP: Suffering, the Sacred, and the Sublime (12/15/06; 
>5/10/07-5/12/07)
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>Through a Glass Darkly:
>
>Suffering, the Sacred, and the Sublime
>
>
>
>Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature
>
>http://ccltwu.no-ip.info
><https://webmail.twu.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ccltwu.no-ip.info>
>
>
>
>Trinity Western University
>
>Langley, British Columbia
>
>
>
>May 10-12, 2007
>
>
>
>Keynote Speakers: 
>
>Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey (Baylor University); Dr. Richard Kearney (Boston
>College); Dr. Maxine Hancock (Regent College);
>
>Dr. Jens Zimmermann (Trinity Western University); Prof. Lynn Szabo (Trinity
>Western University)
>
>
>
>Papers are invited on any aspects of the topics of suffering, the sacred,
>and the sublime in literature from a Christian perspective.
>Interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approaches to these topics are
>encouraged.
>
>
>
>Topics may include:
>
>*The sacred spaces of suffering
>
>*Mystical (un)knowing                   
>
>*The literature of mourning
>
>*Survivor testimonies                                 
>
>*Trauma and the sublime   
>
>*The feminine/masculine sublime    
>
>*Genre and the shape of suffering
>
>*The evolution of the sublime in literature                
>
>*The unrepresentable voice of the victim
>
>  * The postmodern sublime
>
>
>
>Reading time should not exceed twenty minutes.  Presenters should be members
>in good standing of the Conference on Christianity and Literature.  You may
>join the organization when you register for the conference.
>
>
>
>Inquiries are welcomed at any time.  Proposals or abstracts should be sent
>to either of the conference co-chairs by December 15, 2006. 
>
>
>
>Holly Faith Nelson, Ph.D.                                
>
>English Department                                          
>
>Trinity Western University                                
>
>7600 Glover Road                                           
>
>Langley, BC Canada                                       
>
>V2Y 1Y1                                                        
>
>Email: [log in to unmask]                            
>
>
>
>Trinity Western University is only a forty-five minute drive from the City
>of Vancouver, British Columbia. Tours of historic sites in Langley and other
>social events will be part of the conference.
>
>
>
>
>
>Holly Faith Nelson, Ph.D.
>
>Associate Professor / Coordinator of First-Year English
>
>English Department
>
>Trinity Western University
>
>7600 Glover Road
>
>Langley, BC
>
>V2Y 1Y1
>
>Telephone: (604) 888-7511, Local 3241
>
>Email: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
>
>

*******************
The German Studies Call for Papers List
Editor: Stefani Engelstein
Assistant Editor:  Megan McKinstry
Sponsored by the University of Missouri
Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html